Jihlava
In the middle of the Czech country side
Jihlava is a nice relaxing city. Nothing much ever happens and tourists are rarely seen, so wanna see the real country side this might be your town
Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Ignatius of Loyola is a Roman Catholic Church. The organ was built in 1732 Jesuit brother layman Thomas Schwarz. Part of the church is also a Jesuit college. Around 1670 the Jesuits decided to build a new church. Construction of a new church began in the years 1683 - 1689 by the Italian architect Jacopo Braschi, who had a project to develop and implement the construction of the foundations of the chancel and sacristy and in-house. The construction was financed by a doctor and Jihlava burgher Peter Šmilauer. The author of the large frescos is Karel František Tepper (1717), an illusive altar is the work of Adam Hádlík Franz Josef Kramolin and Moldinger, the Apollonia is painted by Francis Österreicher. The facade of the temple is decorated with statues of saints. In the top row from left are St. Alois, Vol. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis Xavier and St. Stanislav Kostka, in the middle row Vol. Joseph and St. John the Baptist, in the bottom row, then St. Peter and St. Paul, among them under the balcony is a statue of the Virgin Mary. The church was consecrated in 1740th
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Masaryk Square
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Most of the houses originally had broken Gothic archway, which was destroyed during renovations during the 14th century. In subsequent centuries the houses were rebuilt in the Renaissance and Baroque style and finally won their classicist facade. Currently in the middle eastern part of the square stands the store (Prior), which was built in 1983 in the socialist realistic style it is stylishly inappropriate and defacing the historic character of the square. It has an approximately rectangular shape with a length of about 330 m and 90 m in width. It is situated on a gentle slope so that the bottom (southwest) section is located a few meters below the top (north-eastern) part of the Town Hall Square. Most of the square is open to residents of a pedestrian area with several benches for rest. Approximately in the middle upper part is smaller green "island" with a few trees, not far from him is a plague column and then one of two fountains. The latter is located south of the shopping center. In the Austro-Hungarian Empire it was named after the Emperor Franz Joseph I. In 1924 it was renamed after the President of Czechoslovakia, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk. In March 1939, after the Nazi occupation of the square is marked with Adolf Hitler Platz. The end of the Second World War brought with it a return to the name of Masaryk Square. After the Communists came to power in 1955, the square was renamed Peace Square. Since 1990 it is once again Masaryk Square.
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Town hall
The Town Hall today was created by combining several burgher houses with arcades from the 13th century, all of which have been preserved Gothic arches into the square. In the 16th century it was extended to the south and a large hall on the first floor was in 1561 vaulted with a central column cross vault with brick ribs. 1734 it was further extended in 1786 increased by an additional floor and equipped with a unified facade. Behind it, however, is largely preserved medieval layout and various stone details.
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